10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STEM TURN»
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Through the use of the double stem a speed of 60 miles an hour can be
decreased to four or five miles an hour. Another maneuver which utilizes the
double stem technique is the "stem turn." In this case, one ski is turned inward
more than the ...
The stem Christie is often confused in skiers' minds with the stem turn because of
the similarity of the words. But the movements are not really similar. True, both
start from a traverse and end with one. But with a stem turn, the skis are held ...
3
Skiing with the Whole Body: Your Ticket to the Expert Slopes
Suddenly, one day later, she was standing up right and doing an excellent
intermediate-level stem turn. She appeared to have progressed two or three
months overnight. I felt something slipping inside my head. What was going on? I
pulled ...
4
Skiing Heritage Journal
The Zdarsky stem turn was designed for the single-pole technique he used. But
the stem became a polished two-pole ski technique twenty years later in the
hands of the second Austrian ski genius, Hannes Schneider of St. Anton-am-
Arlberg.
It's the stem turn initiation for which so many otherwise good skiers chastise
themselves, wishing they could “ski parallel.” And some instructors contend that
skiers should never learn to turn this way in the first place—that there are other
ways ...
A stem turn, sometimes defined as a snowplow turn linking two traverses, does
involve an edge change. Initially, when you are traversing with skis parallel, the
skis rest on their uphill edges. You open into a stem position by swinging out the
...
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Dph Sports Series Skiing
The stem turn, sideslipping, and the uphill Christie will concern us here. The
basic form of each is to be learned in order that the logical progression to the
more advanced movements of the American Technique may be made. Stem turn.
7.2 Wedge turn used in the backcountry not quite. What can you do? Meet the
snow halfway with a stem turn, also called a stem christy (figs. 7.3a-e). Stem turns
are easier to initiate than a regular parallel turn in heavy or deep snow, and they
...
Martin Volken, Martin Volken, Scott Schell, Margaret Wheeler, 2011
SPECIAL NOTE: Don't confuse the stem christie with the stem turn. During the
latter, the skis remain in a V position throughout. They are not brought parallel
until the outside ski is actually in the direction of the new traverse. Consequently,
the ...
This is important since the angle of traverse governs the speed at which the turn
is approached, and the stem turn, like the snowplow turn, must be done at slow
speeds. The second problem encountered upon first tackling the stem turn- that
of ...
